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ความคิดเห็น • 956

  • @mattevans4377
    @mattevans4377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1647

    Sorry, but all I can think of is:
    "Guys, I found the source of the ticking. It's a pipe bomb!"

    • @DanteTorn
      @DanteTorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What's that from? I feel like I may have heard this somewhere.

    • @Redblood802
      @Redblood802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@DanteTorn It is from the Potter Puppet Pals.

    • @mattevans4377
      @mattevans4377 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@DanteTorn It's from this: th-cam.com/video/Tx1XIm6q4r4/w-d-xo.html
      Apologies for the poor quality as it's old.

    • @TigerheartFire
      @TigerheartFire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      God, the fact that I instantly understood this reference makes me feel so fucking old.

    • @project4061
      @project4061 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I personally hate that I understood reference.

  • @adammetc
    @adammetc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1324

    "Do your ears ever feel empty? Do the sounds that go into them bore, annoy or scare you?" - at first I thought this was a patron making a pitch to a new warlock. Pact of the Raycon...

    • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
      @dank_smirk2ndchannel200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      adam m we need someone to make a homebrew of that

    • @adammetc
      @adammetc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@dank_smirk2ndchannel200 Homebrewing weird warlock patrons is definitely fun :D :D

    • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
      @dank_smirk2ndchannel200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      adam m ye

    • @digitaldevil696
      @digitaldevil696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Any good direct sales agent would make for a great warlock

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Some lore issues Will arise from an pact of the raycon, such as warlocks being expected to do their own occult research to learn New spells and invocations according to the lore for 5e, and a motive for raycon to aquire patrons in the first place, and an explanation as to why those earbuds hold so much occult lore for an warlock to gain (free audible subscription maybe?). People forget that warlocks are meant to be loreseekers, not just sugar babies

  • @foldedphoenix4385
    @foldedphoenix4385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1290

    I think you forgot about the Doug Dimmidrone.

    • @thegloriouswizard5270
      @thegloriouswizard5270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      Owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmidrone.

    • @jonathanwells223
      @jonathanwells223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Finally an actual clever comment

    • @whynot8364
      @whynot8364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Doug DimmiDamnitall

    • @derickviana9831
      @derickviana9831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Quality comments.

    • @patrickdees5256
      @patrickdees5256 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "Ah. I see you're a man/woman/other of culture," I say sitting in a office chair, wearing a fancy robe, and smoking a pipe.

  • @robotiquebleu9619
    @robotiquebleu9619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    One time during a lunch break at a session I asked my friend to “flip to the perv bot page” in the monster manual he was holding. I couldn’t remember the name modron. The funnier part was when he IMMEDIATELY flipped to the right page.

  • @King_Thulsa_Doom
    @King_Thulsa_Doom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    The most terrifying aspect of Mechanus is actually the Inevitables.
    I speak from experience as someone who has had their ass clobbered by a Marut.

    • @Darkwood2027
      @Darkwood2027 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Agreement. Disappointed that they weren't mentioned.

    • @smarmydude3019
      @smarmydude3019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Sadly, they're no longer canon in 5e, at least from what I've been told.
      Luckily my friends and I don't care what's canon or not, and homebrew is the best brew.

    • @King_Thulsa_Doom
      @King_Thulsa_Doom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@smarmydude3019 In one adventure into Mechanus to rescue an Ally, we came to the cellblock where our GM's homebrewed mechanical monstrosity of a jailer would try to magically paralyze the party members and then teleport them into random jail cells where demons, slaad, githyanki or mindflayers already inside would attack them.

    • @gwest3644
      @gwest3644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      They are one of the only creatures that have an attack that ALWAYS HITS. And that attack does exactly 60 force damage every time. And it can use it twice every turn. And it can cast plane shift on itself at will, so you will NEVER ESCAPE IT.

    • @gwest3644
      @gwest3644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@smarmydude3019 They are canon now! They have official stats in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes! And they are still friggin’ scary.

  • @jeremysmith9291
    @jeremysmith9291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    You didn't mention that dropped items rearranged themselves neatly.
    Even if it's like dust or water.

    • @wedran9225
      @wedran9225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that real?

    • @jeremysmith9291
      @jeremysmith9291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@wedran9225 I think AJ Pickett mentioned it in his video on mechanus.

    • @wedran9225
      @wedran9225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jeremysmith9291 Thats amazing, but also very, very dumb.

    • @jonalynmisalang9447
      @jonalynmisalang9447 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@wedran9225 hey! But at least you have organised loot

    • @snowboundwhale6860
      @snowboundwhale6860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      OCD PC: *drops sand on the floor*
      Sand: *arranges itself into a perfect checkerboard*
      PC; "At last! Perfection!"

  • @candy-coatedrose513
    @candy-coatedrose513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Honestly, my headcanon is that the gears of mechanus keep time moving forward, and I know that when my players inevitably decide to kill Primus and stop the gears bc they're murderhobos, I can go, "Congrats! You just destroyed time" and watch their faces.

    • @agustinvenegas5238
      @agustinvenegas5238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This may be late but just throw an inevitable or 20 at them if they're misbehaving, tends to do the trick

    • @ThefifthBishopofGord
      @ThefifthBishopofGord 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Suggestion instead of stopping the gears stoping time, everything in every realm starts from the beginning because you destroyed time so everything just implodes. It is like rocks falling and everyone dies but on a universal scale.

    • @agentchaos9332
      @agentchaos9332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The sad thing is that if you go off official 5e lore/stats this would be easy to do, at least the getting to Primus part. A 4th tier party could slaughter hordes of CR2 pentadrones with no trouble. Granted there are no official stats for Primus but there are also no stats for the 9 other higher ranking modrons in older editions, which are necessary to stop or at least challenge the party in Mechanus. Because otherwise your only option is the Marut and its really jarring to go from CR2 pentadrone to CR25 Marut inevitable

    • @agentchaos9332
      @agentchaos9332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nic the Dm converted them to 5e if you wanna take a look, they range from CR10 to 19, and give Mechanus a little more depth

    • @SirPogsalotCreates
      @SirPogsalotCreates 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@agustinvenegas5238 "Melee Weapon Attack: *automatic hit*"

  • @aztralsea
    @aztralsea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2635

    You’ve sounded depressed recently and I was getting worried for you, glad your moving forward.

    • @JohnDoe-kf9pp
      @JohnDoe-kf9pp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      You talking about the whole art contest thing or something else?

    • @Xenos_hive
      @Xenos_hive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +

    • @ThatGuyIsACoolGuy
      @ThatGuyIsACoolGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      What happened?

    • @sethaquauis
      @sethaquauis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm confused- what happend?

    • @Liam_The_Great
      @Liam_The_Great 4 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      @@ThatGuyIsACoolGuy runesmith did a fun little art contest and a bunch of people got really pissy about it and runesmith felt he needed to make an apology

  • @alias588
    @alias588 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Legends say that if your party finds itself in lost in Mechanus, and someone rolls a natural 20 listening check, and your DM is fun, you'll be able to hear Doug Dimmadrone beatboxing about who he is and his ownership of the Mechanus Mechadome.

  • @sigurdgram
    @sigurdgram 4 ปีที่แล้ว +428

    I'm going into this really hoping he points out Primus is also the name of the god who embodies planet Cybertron and created the transformers and sometimes Cybertron turns into Primus, so hasbro owns the rights to two gods of machines named primus.
    edit: he didn't.

    • @lorekeeper685
      @lorekeeper685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      unicorn is a god I think? Too the earth one

    • @seatspud
      @seatspud 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or the name of an alternative rock band that, according to many of their fans, sucks.

    • @OptimusShr
      @OptimusShr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not exactly. In the Transformers Prime cartoon he was a being defeated by Primus and the original 13 transformers. Earth forming around him was merely a coincidence. I think the same is true for the live-action film version.
      In most of the other continuities he is a god and rival of Primus of some kind. I think the only one where he isn't a god was the original cartoon where he was created by scientist named Primacron.

    • @garrickberry3175
      @garrickberry3175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lorekeeper685 Unicron you mean.

    • @writerkaose4005
      @writerkaose4005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holey fuck dnd is in everything

  • @nessesaryschoolthing
    @nessesaryschoolthing 4 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    "Unlikely but possible" is exactly where DnD stories are supposed to come from. Wasn't there a defective modron NPC in Planescape Torment or something?

    • @danielhancock5845
      @danielhancock5845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Nordom! He is easily in my top 5 PCRPG party members.

    • @markdibuo3756
      @markdibuo3756 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Nordom is voiced by the guy who does Homer Simpson.

    • @VashdaCrash
      @VashdaCrash 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, a great character :)

    • @user-qd8yy9lc4g
      @user-qd8yy9lc4g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Modron Rogues were among presented races in Planescape lineup. Nodrom technically breaks the rules, since he is counted as CN when all Modron Rogues were supposed to be still LN, but, exceptions.

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@user-qd8yy9lc4g that may have been the case in 2e but it is no longer the case, in fact the opposite is true in 5e, as the variant sidebar in the monster manual tells us quote "A rouge modron looses the axiomatic mind trait and can have any alignment other than lawful neutral. Otherwise, it has the same statistics as a modron of its rank"

  • @Seoul_Soldier
    @Seoul_Soldier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    THE EVERLASTING GLORY OF CLOCKWORK AND ORDER. NO, I CAN'T LOWER MY VOICE.

    • @igarshi457
      @igarshi457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      WHAT?? I CANT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE COGS!!

    • @lorekeeper685
      @lorekeeper685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      MİNE EARS!

    • @Seoul_Soldier
      @Seoul_Soldier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      FireStarter 76 *THE EVERLASTING GLORY OF CLOCKWORK AND ORDER IS WHAT I SAID. I THINK. I CANNOT HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF THE COGS!*

    • @rozu7772
      @rozu7772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      WHAT IF YOU GUYS WROTE ON SIGNS?

    • @biohazard724
      @biohazard724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      WHAT? IT'S HARD TO HEAR WITH ALL THIS YELLING AND COG NOISE!

  • @paulol7224
    @paulol7224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    I was literally just writing a planar campaign for dnd, make every other plane now thanks... :)

    • @ricardosilveira3958
      @ricardosilveira3958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      One might even say a Camplain

    • @LeDracoOmega
      @LeDracoOmega 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      There's a real cool bit of old lore for Mechanus, where some God (Orcus) dies, turns into another God (Tenebrous), and hijack's Primus's position. You should check it out.

    • @Sunshine-uu1lb
      @Sunshine-uu1lb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I really want them to make a Planescape setting book for 5e, andd focus more on the upper planes, cause the lower ones have so much already.

    • @jonathanwells223
      @jonathanwells223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ricardo Silveira th-cam.com/video/KoeOIXuhtR8/w-d-xo.html

    • @awboqm
      @awboqm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I did a campaign that was supposed to go to all the plains and involved facing every monster type. It was meant to act sorta like a starter campaign for players to learn about that stuff.
      Ironically, despite meaning to be like a sample or first/prep experience, we never did adventures focused on any of those planes after.

  • @Dyneamaeus
    @Dyneamaeus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I've always loved the fact that the Modron March means every adult in the games worldspace has seen Modrons at least once in their lives. This by extension means almost every PC has to have a background note on how their culture/family/character responds to being invaded by nosy, incomprehensible, mechanical census takers every 17 years. Bonus points if you remember that in order for their census to be accurate, they have to break into every secret location in reality every time. You wanna know where something is? Ask a Modron, the Modrons know.
    The Modrons always know.

    • @Drekromancer
      @Drekromancer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I never thought of this, but it's legitimately so hype. Thanks for the idea! Honestly, that could be the best plothook for an interplanar campaign.

    • @user-zo9ce9jp1q
      @user-zo9ce9jp1q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      17 cycles, which is like 200 years

    • @Dyneamaeus
      @Dyneamaeus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@user-zo9ce9jp1q Fair, but I'll stand by it. That's what, 2-5 fantasy generations depending on race? It's the sort of thing that comes up is what I'm saying.

    • @Nyghtking
      @Nyghtking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@user-zo9ce9jp1q So almost every member of every race that can live over 200 years has a story about them then.

    • @MasterGhostf
      @MasterGhostf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Problem is communicating. They only know modron.

  • @Melantrist
    @Melantrist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Fun fact - Primus has been replaced at least once by non-modron being - Tenebrous, the shadowy vestige of Orcus, who enacted the Modrone March out of turn to scour the multiverse for his lost wand.
    Also: INEVITABLES!!!

    • @charziz6693
      @charziz6693 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He lost something so bad he had to steal an infinite army to search the multiverse for it? Honestly relatable. Hope he found it under his bed or something.

  • @ee4724
    @ee4724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    I've always wanted to have my players beset on by Modrons who are mad at them for time traveling and breaking time laws and stuff.

    • @Magic__7
      @Magic__7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      "But we haven't travelled in?"

    • @jonathanwells223
      @jonathanwells223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Adding time travel to a campaign is a good way to kill it

    • @ee4724
      @ee4724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@jonathanwells223 says you

    • @override367
      @override367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      my players split Lolth into the pure and innocent elven goddess of song and divination Araushnee and the Spider Queen of hate and chaos, and they took Araushnee home with them. They had her create a race to be interns for their acq inc franchise (yes yes, problematic, it's a game), she gifts them with song and is often sad.
      Then one day a half dozen mercykillers with a Marut and 30 modrons popped into their town, heading for the goddess
      they tried to stop the Marut
      They're level 9
      They did not stop the Marut
      However they did do an asspull to keep their god friend around: they had her willingly erase her knowledge of divination, erasing that from her baby-god portfolio and changing her true name (this was a player's idea, and it's the kind of shit I am all about as a DM), so the Marut just scanned, found no valid target, and blooped away. The rest of them shrugged and left (walking over the broken party members back to their exfil point where a portal nabbed them up). One of the players kidnapped a Quadrone and is now using it as a barkeep/accountant/spy/chef
      Mechanicus is still not happy with them but I have informed them that the bureacracy of the planes means they've probably bought another year or so

    • @ee4724
      @ee4724 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@override367 a year? Within a bureaucracy of immortals? I would think centuries.

  • @NekogamiKun127
    @NekogamiKun127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    *Modron:* We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week. But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more-
    *Party Paladin:* Shut up! I order you to shut up!

  • @ShuraEssays
    @ShuraEssays 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "Does the lack of sound scare you even more?"
    *Laughs in tinnitus*

    • @word6344
      @word6344 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *can't sleep without listening to chill ambient stuff with earbuds to drown out the damn ringing*

  • @DavidFernandez-rs5lu
    @DavidFernandez-rs5lu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    “modron march!” just looks like the patapon games but with more detail

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm glad i'm not the only one who thought that.

    • @jamiehughes5573
      @jamiehughes5573 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pata pata pata pon!

  • @gabrielrussell5531
    @gabrielrussell5531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    1:44 Actually most of the outer-planes are relatively self-governing. Literally the only one that has a specific god running the show is Hell. All of them play host to some gods though.
    Celstia for example is known to host Moradin, Bahamut, Yondalla, etc. but the plane is run by the "Celestial Hebdomad" who are 7 badass celestials. Moradin has a sub-plane within the center of the mountain known as "Erackinor" or "The Dwarf Home" which also has an exit in Arcadia, with the parts that exit in Arcadia being run by Clanggedin due to his Lg (Capitalization matters, especially in Planescape) nature.

    • @lillianbaldwin-dickey8728
      @lillianbaldwin-dickey8728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Any one else hear my brain implode

    • @user-qd8yy9lc4g
      @user-qd8yy9lc4g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lillianbaldwin-dickey8728 INSOLENT FOOOOLS do not count. It is your own fault for being unaware of proper workings of the Outer Planes.

  • @marinescu0511
    @marinescu0511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I read it as the guide to the mechanicus and I couldn't help but just think
    "Just bring enough toasters to bribe everyone with"

    • @word6344
      @word6344 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Makes me wonder if those disgusting flesh lips like eating toast.
      Also imagine just sitting in that plane, bathing in the precise perfection of ultimate mechanical order, hearing the ambiance of innumerable gears ticking, metal creaky in the distance...pretty nice.
      I'd definitely close my eyes to prevent this meditative mood from being utterly ruined by those horrible lips tho.

  • @MagnusFaustus
    @MagnusFaustus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Every time someone brings up Mechanus, I remember the rogue Modron Nordom from Planescape: Torment. Pain in the butt to get, and not exactly the 'best' party addition but the way he annoys the other party members is fricking priceless.

  • @demolisherman1763
    @demolisherman1763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    You know the players being caught modron march would be an interesting idea for a game or at least an arch

  • @dmann1982
    @dmann1982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    You missed out the best part of the Mechanus: The Enforcers of the Law. Marut in particular.

    • @docmcmoth
      @docmcmoth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      instantaneous 60 force damage

  • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
    @dank_smirk2ndchannel200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like to imagine that the Modron March is literally just Primus clearing his search history.

  • @extralongbaguette8880
    @extralongbaguette8880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like to think that the result of Mechanus is Primis himself. Like as in, the whole place is just a giant machine who’s whole purpose is to run Primus, and while the gears turn there he can do all the order stuff

  • @PopfulFrost
    @PopfulFrost 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Modron March illustration is from the 5e DMG. No clue exactly who drew it, but it's gotta be ONE of the credited names in that book.

  • @ailexx3377
    @ailexx3377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Party: meets a modron
    Dm: rolls 1d300,000,000
    Also Dm: Yeah it's a defector

  • @MarmadukeRupe
    @MarmadukeRupe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The front end alignment caught me off guard and had me laughing so hard.

  • @davidmartsinkiw1238
    @davidmartsinkiw1238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The way I run defecting modrons is that there are one per 17 cycles. therefore there is only ever one naturally defective modron

  • @getmeoutoftheyoutubeservers
    @getmeoutoftheyoutubeservers 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:29 the alignment chart of "do it"
    lg: star trek do it
    ng: do it for her
    cg: shia labeouf do it
    ln: the "rosie the riveter" wwii women's factory work campaign
    n: you know i had to do it to em
    cn: do it yourself
    le: palpatine do it
    ne: someone else do it
    ce: nike just do it

  • @Rohnon
    @Rohnon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Runesmith: "Do the sounds that go into [your ears] bore, annoy or scare you?"
    Me: yeah, adds do that...
    Runesmith...
    Me: this is an add isn't it?

    • @lucasriddle3431
      @lucasriddle3431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "Ad" is usually only spelt with one "d", as "advertisement" (which it is short for) is only spelt with one "d".

  • @dylandugan76
    @dylandugan76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "[Something] that you can exhale sharply at."
    Don't mind if I do.

  • @onewhosaysgoose4831
    @onewhosaysgoose4831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the idea of Primus being like Moai in Moana: writing and running every law of physics and proudly seeking praise for allowing the chemistry that allow the mitochondria to be the powerhouse of the cell.

  • @CordeiroViivi
    @CordeiroViivi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I got the "Law & Order" reference with the sound effect. I hope this makes you happy

  • @TopazRage
    @TopazRage 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "Exhale sharply"
    Why? Why am I so predictable?

  • @LeafseasonMagbag
    @LeafseasonMagbag 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Still want to find a way for a Warlock with Primus as their patron would work

    • @starat2645
      @starat2645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would say either celestial or great old one with some serious reflavoring, it’s still tough though. You could take some levels in the UA clockwork soul sorcerer that came out

    • @cageybee7221
      @cageybee7221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i feel like primus is a god, not just a powerful being, so you would be a cleric or a paladin of primus not a warlock.

    • @DeisFortuna
      @DeisFortuna 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eldritch Blast projectiles are now Magic Missiles.

  • @zyme4305
    @zyme4305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It always makes me smile when I see that you've made a new "Basically" video to enjoy.

  • @RobertGuilman
    @RobertGuilman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The front end alignment jokes is so smooth i actually was caught surprised by it

  • @owneyw4374
    @owneyw4374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I don’t even play DND but these videos are awesome

    • @maxthepaladin2147
      @maxthepaladin2147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same and agreed

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You should play D&D. Seriously, just go do it. Maybe buy some fancy dice and pretend they're Modrons. Or build a dice tower. That's what I usually do when I'm waiting for my players to decide what they're going to do.

    • @MetaMike100
      @MetaMike100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's like watching national geographic for a planet that doesn't exist.

    • @lemonicity4834
      @lemonicity4834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jackielinde7568 If only I had friends who wanted to play. I've got one friend who's super into it with me but our other friend just always says he's "not in the mood".

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lemonicity4834 Yeah, I know the feeling. But there are websites that can help you and your friend find virtual tables. Reddit's even got a subreddit for that kind of thing.

  • @thenoisyninja
    @thenoisyninja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Logan’s expression of perpetually startled consternation gives me life

  • @OLDSACKS
    @OLDSACKS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I still remember when I first discovered the Modrons in an old 1st edition monster book.
    If you think they look awful nowadays, you need to dust some older tomes.

  • @tigerbomb909
    @tigerbomb909 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Finally someone acknowledges the objectively coolest plane of existence

  • @andsgradite392
    @andsgradite392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why is nobody noticing the Jojo time stop sound when Primus stops the mecanus clock thing

    • @Lettucem3n
      @Lettucem3n 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The knives give it away.

  • @jamestown8398
    @jamestown8398 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I got ear buds, and listen here buds!"
    Runesmith? More like wordsmith!

  • @alvaroherrero498
    @alvaroherrero498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video gave me an idea for a campaign where mechanus becomes corrupted and primus and all the modrones become obsessed with musical harmony as the ultimate expression of harmony and the players have to fix it. Could be a nice one shot.

  • @fuchila2point0
    @fuchila2point0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    By all accounts and intuition, you seem like a nice and thoughtful person. You create great content and make people happy. Full steam ahead Runesmith!

  • @coolboy9979
    @coolboy9979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    If they would have a fast food restaurant it would be called "McAnus"

    • @Anergyne
      @Anergyne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Their burgers taste like ass, tho

  • @andrewnewell1142
    @andrewnewell1142 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Primus is a mega-nerd

  • @angusrosecranz4178
    @angusrosecranz4178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I waited for an Omnissiah joke that never came, not even at the "gods of the machine" bit

    • @Drekromancer
      @Drekromancer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *sad mechanicus noises*

  • @door5443
    @door5443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Funny Dnd story: My Tiefling Bard/Warlock/Sorcerer is in a relationship with his patron. Both him and his patron have a mark, containing half the power of a deiety, which is transferred via reproduction.
    “Oh f**k, c***dom broke”
    ..........
    This bard acended beyond all other bards, and literary might destroy the universe in the future.

    • @coolboy9979
      @coolboy9979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like a really awkward thing

    • @door5443
      @door5443 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Coolboy 99 yeah but it’s really fun and pretty funny, along with making a good story to tell

    • @coolboy9979
      @coolboy9979 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@door5443 if you and your group is having fun then don't let yourself hold back

  • @agentchaos9332
    @agentchaos9332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just an FYI there used to be a set of hierarch modrons in older editions above the pentadrone. They started out at 10 for the decadrone and worked there way down to 2 for the secundi, who serve Primus directly. Sadly they didn't make it to 5th edition but they form the upper echelon of modron society and kinda flush out the plane a little, since if you thought the pentadrones were the leaders of the race you'd be justifiably confused that a major outer plane is run by fodder constructs weaker then human soldiers

  • @JoicPersonal
    @JoicPersonal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love how this came out around the same time as the Animated Spellbook: Health Potions by Zee Bashew, this video is so amazing, the way you seem to not care about anything is something I love, keep up these videos and don't hurt yourself.

  • @WittyUsername14
    @WittyUsername14 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    honestly dude i forgot what you even 'did'. you had no malicious intent, you seem like a genuine dude.

  • @Danhmedia
    @Danhmedia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    So if they defect it’s like leaving Russia does that mean that they have there own spetsnaz fentanyl Problem in a movie theatre

    • @coyoteseattle
      @coyoteseattle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pretty much, actually. Since they contain a piece of the Source of Mechanus, a rogue modron effectively weakens the entire concept of order in the multiverse, as long as it's allowed to run around on its own. So when that happens, they typically get hunted down by modron hit squadrons, in order to return them to the Source so that their normally-functioning replacement can be born.

    • @ZvelHaj
      @ZvelHaj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They aren't as developed in 5e, but there were these things called Inevitables that were like Mechanus secret agents; whenever someone messed with the laws of the universe real bad, an Inevitable was sent to take care of them. If a modron goes rogue, I'm guessing one of these angelic clockwork assassins would be the one to destroy it.

    • @maxxor-overworldhero6730
      @maxxor-overworldhero6730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ZvelHaj I fear for my character, then. Because he got ahold of a defective Modron that is basically a Golden Snitch and is a familiar/pet.

  • @birbhinojosa4893
    @birbhinojosa4893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idea dor a clockwork soul PC:
    They are a Warforged with a single small brass gear in its center.
    The brass gear was manufactured in Mechanus/Nirvana and it's infused with the elemental power of Lawfulness. This causes the Warforged to gain Clockworl magic, acting as the embodiment of Lawfulness in the plain it inhabits.

  • @A.Filthy.Casual
    @A.Filthy.Casual 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Juicy leather-flesh DSLs" ....iconic

  • @emmy_is_fluffyvods8456
    @emmy_is_fluffyvods8456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really like Marut’s cuz they’re terrifying, they always hit and always do the same damage, but they’re not in 5e and I hope they’re added to a book at some point

  • @dilophosaurussk4333
    @dilophosaurussk4333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Considering its 2020, all the Modrons are gonna defect.

  • @Eric_The_Cleric
    @Eric_The_Cleric 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm glad you're doing well man.
    I must say, though, I have never heard of Mechanus. Didn't know it existed. Maybe my world was already so ordered that it was there all along yet it never needed me to be aware of it. I didn't need those fatlip minion images clogging my mind tho.

  • @cooliocertifier3287
    @cooliocertifier3287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I’m sorry it’s called mech-WHAT?!

  • @swguygardner
    @swguygardner 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My theory for the fleshiness within Modron's mechanics is that they are formerly other organic races/creatures that have literally been moulded into fleshy blobs and then squeezed inside Modron armour. Rulebreakers, criminals, mavericks and agents of chaos who dare disprespect the laws of Mechanus are not punished, they are simply "fixed". Reshaped into the optimal form of a Modron.

  • @brettgt40
    @brettgt40 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Getting a defective modron is like winning a lottery where EVERYONE in the USA plays 1 ticket each.

  • @AGrayPhantom
    @AGrayPhantom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes! Mechanus! I love this plane. It's so utterly silly. I depict it in my games like Brazil (1985). Getting into a city requires a 27B-6 permit filled out in triplicate.

  • @abrahamrokhsar9119
    @abrahamrokhsar9119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I always thought Primus was a circle because it has infinite sides.

    • @lucasriddle3431
      @lucasriddle3431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No; a circle has one, curved side. The polygon with infinite sides is the apeirogon
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apeirogon

    • @user-qd8yy9lc4g
      @user-qd8yy9lc4g 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Incorrect. Hierarch modrons scale from 10 to 1. After Pentadrones go Decatons (10), after Decatons Nonatons (9), and so way back to Primus (1).

  • @creativeusername7366
    @creativeusername7366 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idea: Warforged Clockwork Soul Sorcerer that’s actually just a hyper-advanced Modron, built by Primus to travel the multiverse and establish order wherever possible.

  • @polygon2745
    @polygon2745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:20
    ZA WARUDO TOKI WO TOMARE!!!

  • @christophershafer1857
    @christophershafer1857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One thing- Modrons can only talk to one above it or below it in complexity.

  • @kurosujiomake
    @kurosujiomake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Glad to see lanky Jonny Depp has the same tree climbing capabilities as me

  • @bossmeownster8545
    @bossmeownster8545 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A bit of obscure modron lore, but a few of the modrons have a weapon called a Box Needler, which is basically a rocket launcher that fires needles. It can fire a few shots at individuals or fire in a cone shape.

  • @crispychips7161
    @crispychips7161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "By the omnissiah."

  • @EDoyl
    @EDoyl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    There's also the lawkeeper guys, Maruts, who I think don't live on Mechanus but were made by Primus. They enforce contracts across the multiverse by showing up and attacking you if you break one. They've got the same fixed-damage thing as on Mechanus, but their attacks also always hit. It's one of the only true constants in the multiverse, literally written into cosmic law, that they will punch you for 60 twice each round.

  • @polboygiraffetamer6654
    @polboygiraffetamer6654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is the Decakismyraiakidrone a thing? I need to know.

  • @gene8447
    @gene8447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Proud of you for moving past all that. You actually are an inspiration to someone like me who's been afraid to put out any content. I hope you get your spark back in a way that's good for you. You deserve it.

  • @hydragamedev6920
    @hydragamedev6920 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    1:01 sponsored segment ends

  • @canadian_potato1339
    @canadian_potato1339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Make a video on elves where you talk about half elves, shadarki, drow, eladrin, high elves, wood elves, sea elves, and the conflict between orcs and elves

  • @palmknugen5499
    @palmknugen5499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "here's a baby that you can exhale shaply at"
    I felt that

  • @LucasDeziderio
    @LucasDeziderio 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The party in the campaign I'm currently DMing has a modrone NPC as an ally following them around. I play him as aloof, innocent and childlike and they absolutely love him. Even the warlock. Specially the warlock.

  • @LikeWaterBaby
    @LikeWaterBaby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Video been out for 1 minute, has 20 views and 102 thumbs up. Runesmith, you the shit my dude.

  • @hihowdyhellohi5231
    @hihowdyhellohi5231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Campaign idea: you serve a god who just realized the modrons are about to march and they need you to cover up everything they’ve done

  • @discountedartificer250
    @discountedartificer250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have autism and your voice helps me stim aka getting rid of overwhelming emotion to prevent an autistic breakdown

  • @Malicious_Hero
    @Malicious_Hero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mechanus ruler Primus also shares the same name as the "God" of the Transformers, Primus, who is canonically a entity that exists simultaniously across multiverses, so its not far off to say that DnDs Primus and Transformers Primus are the same being.

  • @BookWyrmOnAString
    @BookWyrmOnAString 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thx dude I'm playing a mechanus warlock warforged

    • @unknownentityenthusiast6765
      @unknownentityenthusiast6765 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is he a clockwork Warforged? Those are always cool looking

    • @BookWyrmOnAString
      @BookWyrmOnAString 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@unknownentityenthusiast6765 no Al (short for Agent of Law) was originally aan airship pilot made by the izzet (it's a ravnica campaign and we need players so hmu)

  • @jordyrowe9055
    @jordyrowe9055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bless you Logan, my party was plane shifted to Mechanus by a Marut last session so the info was necessary

  • @amogus1415
    @amogus1415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    HaH MeCh(AnUs)
    I have achieved comedy

    • @sylph8005
      @sylph8005 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ecks dee.

  • @--CHARLIE--
    @--CHARLIE-- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the idea behind rogue modrons (in 5e lore) is that if they get exposed to chaotic energy it corrupts them. Modrons should only go rogue if they like, go to limbo or something. Which actually makes sense, especially considering what happened to the spawning stone.

  • @nado1908
    @nado1908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The only good thing to come out of Mechanus is Nordom.

  • @xenogorwraithblade2538
    @xenogorwraithblade2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I misread this as "Basically the Mechanicus" and thought you had a 40k series I'd never seen before.

  • @tentacledhorror
    @tentacledhorror 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Nirvana" is the name given to the plane by clueless primes.

    • @gabcaires2
      @gabcaires2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, Nirvana is the name of Primus domain in Mechanus, there are other domains. Nirvana is withing Mechanus they are not the same thing.

    • @user-zo9ce9jp1q
      @user-zo9ce9jp1q 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, honestly mechanism doesn't sound like nirvana

    • @tentacledhorror
      @tentacledhorror 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabcaires2 Primus's domain is Regulus. Nirvana is what the primes called Mechanus. The Primes got a lot of stuff wrong about the planes, like how they call Baator "The Nine Hells" or the Beastlands were called "Happy Hunting Grounds", or everybody in Dragonlance calls every lower plane the Abyss.

    • @gabcaires2
      @gabcaires2 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tentacledhorror I had to get the books out and try to find it again, and huh, you are 100% correct! I apologise

  • @skibur848
    @skibur848 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love the little Law & Order sound at 2:10 when you said it

  • @pentament9774
    @pentament9774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    It ain't a true time video without a JoJo reference in it somewhere.

  • @meateater1002
    @meateater1002 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my teammates accidentally summoned a monodrone, which immediately killed a rat and then died

  • @valentinosella3410
    @valentinosella3410 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    yo

  • @aroguebard
    @aroguebard ปีที่แล้ว

    "Like watch TikTok and the office at the same time" casually predicts the subway surfers + family guy funny moments + random asmr video format of vertical videos prevalent nowadays.

  • @ST--pr4bf
    @ST--pr4bf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:19 Is that a motherfricking Jojo reference!

  • @youtubeuniversity3638
    @youtubeuniversity3638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1 in 300,000,000 can be a lot of defectives if 300,000,000,000,000,000 Modrons each get a single shot of going defective, higher if those who don't break first chance get future chances.

  • @olionartstone1505
    @olionartstone1505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'm getting closer to first. You've been warned, mortal.

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Raven Queen has been duly informed.

    • @jonathanwells223
      @jonathanwells223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The last thing someone like you should do is draw attention to yourself

  • @JAY-gl5xd
    @JAY-gl5xd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never said this before but that was a pretty good in show promotional ad. Let me do a quick memory scrub and think of my favorite in show ads.
    1) Carnation evaporated milk from Burns and Allen
    2) This one for some remote head phones I would never touch because I don't want that amount of directed radiation bilaterally blasted at my dome.
    3) Actually there really isn't a 3 because I can't fully remember it but I have the feeling Zee Frank did a good one, maybe once. Maybe he didn't and I'm just getting Zee vibes from Runesmith. Or do I get Rune vibes from Zee? Either way I'm getting bilateral good ad vibes.

  • @sigan3397
    @sigan3397 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Modronussy

  • @agsilverradio2225
    @agsilverradio2225 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Modrons with ranks above pentidrone, are named after numbers in decending order.
    If I remember correctly, it starts at 12. Also, the number of each of them at this point is their rank squared. (1 Primas, 4 secondi, 9 triundi, ext.)